The Coin Shop Killer, born Charles Thurman Sinclair, was an alleged American robber and murderer suspected of various murders of coin shop owners from the early 1980s and 1990s.
He was categorized as a nomadic killer who was linked to murders across the Western states of the United States as well as into Canada.
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Sinclair has been linked to 11 homicides, one attempted murder and two rapes.
Sinclair targeted coin shop owners in order to rob them of valuable coin collections.
His victims were killed to eliminate any witnesses to the event, not out of any known or specific malice.